India, Dec. 3 -- Pankaj Tripathi has another actor in the family. His daughter, Aashi, recently made her stage debut with the play, Lailaaj, last month. In a candid chat with HT, the veteran actor opened up about seeing his daughter on stage and how he feels about her taking on acting as a career.

Lailaaj has been produced by Pankaj and Mridula Tripathi's banner, Roopkatha Rangmanch, as their first play. The first shows were staged in November in Mumbai and received acclaim. Pankaj said on the sidelines that he watched the performances 'as an actor, and not as a father'. When asked how Aashi took the feedback, he tells us, "She took it very well. By the third show, I saw her improvement, I felt she was sharper than me. When our teachers ...